Pellestrina Travel Guide

 sandysmith Says:  The Ognissanti Church is the main church of Pellestrina. Achurch was known to be here as early as 1111 but this present building was reconstructed in 1864. It stands in a wide square not far from the promenade - the whiteness of it standing out against the pastel coloured... 

 sandysmith Says:  On the way to and from Chioggia to Pellestrina by ferry you will surely see the"peocere", where mussels are grown. These are like supending fishing huts in the laguna. I was fascinating by these shanty looking huts and was clicking away with my camera during the ferry ride... 

 sandysmith Says:  Its a bit of a journey to Pellestrina - a bus ride from the Lido to the very end of the Lido where the bus then boards a ferry for the short crossing to the island of Pellestrina - but its worthwhile if combined say with other sights - such as Chioggia - and makes for a... 

 sandysmith Says:  The port of Sant'Antonio di Pellestrina hosts quite a large fleet of fishing boats - there are many to seen. These are used to fish clams, and not surprisingly fish restaurants predominate. 

 sandysmith Says:  The Murazzi walls on Pellestrina, built of beautiful istrian stone, was a great feat of engineering, its aim to protect the seaward side of Pellestrina.They were built between 1744 and 1782, and consist of an inner dike, an intermediate strip, and an outer defense It used to... 

 sandysmith Says:  Whilst the beaches of the Lido may be packed in the summer season the beaches of Pellestrina are empty - so at low tide, a walk on the deserted beach at Pellestrina can be made, simply cross over the sea wall where there are convenient steps up to and down to the beach.